AMIA supports the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) effort to move beyond publication counts, journal impact factors, and citation metrics when measuring scientific impact. AMIA recommends that NIH reward rigorous methods, reproducibility, replication studies, data and software sharing, team science, mentorship, multi-site validation, standardized outcome reporting, and long-term public value […]
AMIA recommends that the National Library of Medicine (NLM) modernize the G13 Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health program to better support biomedical and health informatics scholarship, including systematic reviews, scoping reviews, evidence maps, living resources, and digital knowledge products. AMIA urges NLM to prioritize topics such as […]
AMIA joined the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Coalition (DRRC) in urging Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to withdraw or substantially revise proposed federal grants guidance. The coalition warns the rule could politicize merit-based funding, expand termination authority, restrict scientific dissemination and collaboration, and increase administrative burdens; undermining stable, independent […]
In response to proposed OMB regulations and provisions in the President’s FY2027 Budget Request that would restrict or prohibit the use of federal research grants for publication costs, more than 160 scientific and medical societies, including AMIA, urge Congress to preserve publication funding, warning that the proposals would undermine scientific […]